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Updated: June 4, 2025
Then she rushed out of the house and met you coming along the cliff road coming along all spruced up, and with the look about you of one going to meet a lady. Just as he planned. "What more could Mary ask in the way of evidence than the sight of you in that place at that time? Of course she was convinced, completely convinced.
Our neighbor gave us breakfast next morning and spruced us up a bit, then led us to the house where a number of persons had gathered, most of them sitting at table laughing and talking, and among them, Elitha and Leanna. Upon our entrance, the merriment ceased and all eyes were turned inquiringly toward us.
The little town of Priorton spruced itself up for its yeomanry weeks, and was all agog, as it never was at any other time. The campaign commenced by the arrival on horseback of a host of country gentlemen and farmers, in plain clothes as yet. But they carried at their saddle-bows, packages containing their cherished ensigns and symbols in their case the very glory of the affair.
Then, turning to Dic, "She run to her room and spruced up when she saw you coming." Dic laughed because it pleased him to think, at least to hope, that Tom had spoken the truth. Poor Rita in the midst of her confusion misunderstood Dic's laughter; and, smarting from the truth of Tom's words, quickly retorted: "You're a fool to say such a thing, and if if if Mr. Mr.
Then I fed the horse, cleared out the stable, spruced myself up, and so to breakfast with 'The Gabbitular One. Three meat meals and two snacks 'the eleven o'clock' and 'the four o'clock' were the order of the day in this establishment.
"What became of the Schmitts?" Tom asked. "It's aisy ter see ye've ben away from here," said Pete. "I've only been back five days," Tom explained. "Wal, if ye'd been here two weeks ago, ye'd know more'n ye know now about it. Ye're a jack ashore, that's what ye are. Ye've got ter be spruced up on the news. Did ye know the school house burned down?" "Yes, I knew that."
The girl had laid her foundations too well. The one thing people could and did say was: "How could she marry George Holt?" The worst of them could not very well say it to his mother. They said it frequently to each other and then supplied the true answers. "Look how he spruced up after she came!" "Look how he worked!" "Look how he ran after and waited on her!"
I broke that globe when I was swinging my dumb-bells, and I've done it so often that mamma declared she wouldn't get me another. And I upset the alcohol lamp on the rug. But I don't care; when we have a party it will all get spruced up; mamma has everything put in order then. Now we'll dress for dinner, Patty. What are you going to wear?" "I don't know; I haven't many dresses.
She had "kept at" Hopewell Drugg until his store was the main topic of conversation all over town. The man himself was even "spruced up" a bit, and he met the curious people who put themselves out to see his rejuvenated store with such a pleasant and businesslike air, that many new customers were attracted to come again.
It had showered the night before and the world, in its spring dress, looked as though it had been washed and spruced for their approval. "All roses and lilies!" laughed Wally. "That's how I like life!" It came to a crisis two weeks later, on an afternoon in June. Mary was in the garden picking a bouquet for the table, and Wally went to help her.
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